Jewish Heritage Europe

New EU-funded transborder program to promote tourism to historic Jewish ghettos to be launched

EU funding has been conditionally approved for a new cross border project aimed at promoting tourism to Europe’s historic Jewish quarters. The project comes under the Interreg programs, as did an earlier cross border project, Rediscover, that also promoted the … continue reading →

Jewish built heritage and monuments also targeted amid what EU calls “extraordinary” general spike in antisemitism

Amid the general upsurge of antisemitism in the month since the brutal Hamas massacre of civilians triggered the Israel-Hamas war, Jewish heritage sites and Holocaust monuments have been targeted. The European Union mentioned several specific incidents in a statement Sunday … continue reading →

Call for Papers: Conference “Architectures of the Soul.” Submission deadline March 31

There is still time to submit a proposal for the conference “Architectures of the Soul.” The conference takes place October 19-21, at the Monastery of Batalha, Portugal. Deadline for submission of proposals is March 31. The conference “aims at promoting the … continue reading →

JHE Year in Review: Check out our most popular posts of 2021 — an amazing variety of topics and geographical locations

As we close out a second year marked by the pandemic and more forward into 2022, we look back at the most popular news, views, and insights we have posted on Jewish Heritage Europe over the past 12 months. The … continue reading →

The JHE monthly newsletter for November is out!

  Did you miss something on JHE this past month? Catch up with our Newsletter — the November — Hanukkah — issue is now out. News, views, and insights from Ukraine, France,  Moldova, Lithuania, Poland, Italy, UK, Portugal, Turkey and more … continue reading →